Pygmalion presented by Rogue Theater at RBP Rorschack

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Unfortunately, the interpretations of fussy phonetician Henry Higgins and cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle offered by Nate White and Nellie Ognacevic, respectively, tend to undermine the duo's evening-long battle of the sexes (and classes). Ognacevic's Eliza is so vulnerable it's hard to imagine her standing up for herself, while White turns Higgins, contra Shaw, into a jovial, knee-slapping good sport with about as much bite as Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Present."

Around The Town Chicago - Recommended

"...Director Nathan Robel choses to stage the play with a mix of the familiarity of the musical drama and more alien interpretations of the character that come both from Shaw's script and his own and his actor's artistic imagination. In particular, Nate White's almost total departure from Harrison's Henry Higgin's gives the play a substantially different feel than the musical version to which most of the audience is probably accustomed. Rather than being controlled and methodical, he is full of a manic energy that he delightfully and breathlessly sustained through entire play."

NewCity Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...Robbel miscast at least half of the principals. The actor playing Doolittle was twenty-five years too young. Ditto for Pickering. Eliza: ten years too old. Robbel and White clearly admire George Bernard Shaw. They should have asked: Is "Pygmalion" worthy of the staging, sets, casting and respect for every word that a classic demands? - See more at: http://www.newcitystage.com/2016/05/04/review-pygmalionrogue-theater/#sthash.74xMr6wy.dpufRobbel miscast at least half of the principals. The actor playing Doolittle was twenty-five years too young. Ditto for Pickering. Eliza: ten years too old. Robbel and White clearly admire George Bernard Shaw. They should have asked: Is "Pygmalion" worthy of the staging, sets, casting and respect for every word that a classic demands?"